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Neurergus kaiseri, the Luristan newt, Kaiser's mountain newt, Kaiser's spotted newt or emperor spotted newt (not to be confused with Tylototriton shanjing), is a species of very colourful salamander in the family Salamandridae. It is endemic to the southern Zagros Mountains in Iran where it is known from just four streams.
Azerbaijan newt Lake Urmia newt [4] Yellow spotted newt VU (IUCN) Iran, Iraq, and Turkey. Neurergus derjugini (Nesterov, 1916) Kurdistan newt CR (IUCN) Iran, possibly Iraq, and possibly Turkey. Neurergus kaiseri Schmidt, 1952: Luristan newt Kaiser's mountain newt VU (IUCN) Southern Zagros Mountains in Iran Neurergus strauchii (Steindachner, 1887)
The Luristan newt (Neurergus kaiseri) is a salamander endemic to a small section of the central Zagros Mountains in Iran. It lives in highland streams and is primarily aquatic. This newt is considered vulnerable to extinction due to poaching for the pet trade and habitat destruction. Climate change is predicted to strongly impact this species. [38]
Newts metamorphose through three distinct developmental life stages: aquatic larva, terrestrial juvenile (eft), and adult. Adult newts have lizard-like bodies and return to the water every year to breed, otherwise living in humid, cover-rich land habitats. Newts are threatened by habitat loss, fragmentation and pollution.
Neurergus derjugini, the Kurdistan newt, [3] Kordestan newt, Derjugin's (Kordestan) mountain newt, or yellow-spotted mountain newt, is a species of salamander in the family Salamandridae. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is found in Kurdistan in western Iran [ 3 ] [ 1 ] [ 2 ] and in northeastern Iraq .
Luristan newt Amphibian Zagros Mountains, Lorestan, Iran < 1,000 illegal collection for pet trade; Oreocnemis phoenix: Mulanje red damsel Insect (damselfly) Mulanje Plateau, Malawi Unknown habitat destruction and degradation due to drainage; agricultural expansion; exploitation of forest; Pangasius sanitwongsei: Pangasid catfish Fish
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Lorestan province (Persian: استان لرستان) [a] is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. Its capital is the city of Khorramabad. [6]Lorestan is in the western part of the country in the Zagros Mountains and covers an area of 28,392 km 2.